UCSB Depatment of Geography

Institute for Computational Earth System Science

research

I am interested in understanding the role of river basin development and water related infrustructure in shaping patterns of economic development, ecosystem vitality and environmental health (e.g. access to clean water and sanitation)

• how much do first and second nature geography matter for water accessability?
  
• will exogenous drivers, like climate change, impact the development of water infrustructure?
• how do endogenous processes of development change water resource use over space and time?
  

I will address these issues through:

• remotely sensed landuse, landcover data and other emerging indices of water use and availabiility
• simmulations where rules for individual behavior are guided by new economic geography, location, and systems theory
• collaboration with climate scientists at UCSB that produce high resolution climate data for use in rainfall-run off models